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GASKIN, Cyril Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6033 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Vic., 15 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed by car, Victoria Parade, Geelong, Vic., 19 July 1954, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6033, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 6033, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 6033, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Driver made fatal error
Geelong:, Thursday
The driver of a car which killed two men on July 19 had committed an error of judgment, Mr. N. B. J. Johnson, the Geelong deputy coroner, decided at the inquest today. He found that Raymond Francis Matheson, of Bellerine st., Geelong, was attempting to pass an S.E.C. truck in Victoria pde., Geelong, when his car got out of control and swerved across the road into the men. The dead men were Cyril
Clarence Gaskin, 60, of Portarlington, building foreman, and John James Grace, 58, cartage contractor, of Darling st., East Geelong.